3 injured in head-on crash in Jersey City; both drivers cited

Joe Shine photoPolice and firefighters at the scene of a head-on collision at the intersection of North Street and Summit Avenue on Sunday morning.

Three people were injured in a head-on collision on Summit Avenue in Jersey City Sunday, including one passenger whose head went through a windshield, officials said yesterday.

At about 12:30 p.m. the 4-door GMC driven by Gisel A. Cora was going south on Summit Avenue and turning onto North Street when it collided with a 4-door Honda driven by Vanessa Sanchez, a police report says.

The head of Sanchez's passenger went through the windshield, leaving his baseball cap lodged in the shattered glass, the report says. He was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment, the report says.

Cora complained of back pain and Sanchez suffered head injuries, the report says, adding that both were taken to the Medical Center. Matos and Sanchez were released later that day and it appears that Cora was not admitted, a spokesman for the Medical Center said today.

Cora was issued a summons for driving while talking on her cell phone and Sanchez was issued summonses for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle, the report says.

There were no skid marks left by either vehicle and both sustained heavy front end damage, the report says.

On Monday around 10 a.m. there was a collision between a car and an NJ Transit bus a block away from Sunday's crash.